Freddie Mercury's birthplace in Stone Town Zanzibar

Freddie Mercury's birthplace in Stone Town Zanzibar

The manager of Queen, Jim Beach, also had a film company called Fugitive, where Stuart worked as a producer. They made the film The Krays, many pop videos, and there he wrote the book Landfill, which was adapted into a screenplay called Dream Hunter. First meant to be the sequel to the Rutger Hauer movie Split Second, it was then optioned by Trimark in Hollywood for James Caan and Jean-Marc Barr. It then was taken on by Pandora for Christopher Lambert and Dolph Lundgren.

Stuart went on to direct The Scarlet Tunic for Zigi Kamasa, starring Jean-Marc Barr, but that book was shelved until now.

Rest in Gaza at the end of the conflict, the book works very well as a political thriller, some 40 years later... it appears the world doesn't change much. It is serialised for free on Substack, where he hosts a readalong.
https://stuartstpaul.substack.com/s/landfill

INDEX
00:00 - Zanzibar skyline
00:30 - Freddie's beach
00:45 - Freddie's House
01:05 - Birth Certificate
01:40 - Mother&Baby
02:20 - Handwritten lyrics
02:50 - One Man, One God
03:20 - Piano
04:44 - Stone Town (preview)

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